Porn

When the accused pleaded guilty in the Anwar tape case the video was shown in court. This is unprecedented. The evidence is simply not produced when the accused says Guilty when asked. What follows the plea is the sentence. The magistrate was playing politics (or porn) when the tape “evidence” was viewed in court. It only shows how low our courts have fallen. But isn’t the fall quite consistent with UMNO rule? Unable to argue with Anwar (and he is not a class one debater either) UMNO plays porn.

One blogger has described this country as a “quasi police state.” We have all along believed this to be a police state. Writers should avoid writing like this for fear of being thought pro UMNO.

China it is reported has gone crazy over the durian. Good news for the owners pf lands in Balik Pulau but news for the kids to come, for we worry they will not be able to afford the gorgeous fruit.

The notes written by Toh Soh Lung, a victim of Harry Lee’s viciousness is worth reading. She was jailed for “being involved in a Marxist conspiracy...” (Beyond the Blue Gate, Published by SIRD)

Rashid Maidin memoirs (cont)

18 Wak Mat Tinggal

In 1955 when Kamal (Ibrahim Chik) and I were at Kem Bukit Tinggi, about an hour from the main body led by Abdullah C.D. and Musa Ahmad, we saw smoke. What was it?

For an answer, I sent two guards to investigate. One returned to report that they found a man with a rifle who said he wanted to join us. I asked the man to come and meet us. The man told us that his name was Wak Mat Tinggal. He said he had escaped from prison in Narathiwat and had lived the life of a guerrilla and had tried to find our army. He said, “Whatever happens to Wak, Wak will join you.”

It was policy not to accept recruits and I would be wrong if I allowed him to join us. But take him or not, Wak was not going to leave this place. He was 55 years old.

From that moment we educated him to make him a good man, to serve the people without reserve, truly study, work and to train. He was diligent and learnt the A B C, then to read and write. His world view underwent a rapid change and he learnt fast.

Towards the end of 1955, the 10th Regiment received some instructions from Central, one of which was that Musa Ahmad and two other fighters were to be sent to study abroad. I was to go to Betong to meet Chin Peng so as to attend the talks with the Tunku Abdul Rahman administration.